SP1 corrupts system

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From: bling (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 04/17/04


Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 19:20:48 -0700

I have seen this happen if you have an hidden utility
partition on your drives. Or if you have evil virus
software. Check those two.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
> My old machine crashed. I have a registered copy of
XP
>Home and XP Pro.
> I formatted the HD on the machine I want to load XP.
>It loads fine and I download SP1. After downloading SP1
>the computer goes into constant reboot and it runs check
>disk continually.
> I have tired "How to recover from a Corrupted
Registry
>tht prevents XP from Starting" article 307545. No luck.
> Can anyone help me out?
>
>Thanks
>Charlie
>.
>



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